Crisis talks have been held overnight between ‘essential' industry groups and the federal government, as businesses try to deal with widespread supply chain issues. 

Supply chains of essential services have been impacted by coronavirus-induced staff shortages, forcing major retailers to enforce product limits on several items. 

A lawyer representing the Tamil family from Biloela has slammed the Australian government’s handling of Novak Djokovic’s immigation case, outlining the double standard between the tennis player and the treatment of Asylum Seekers in Australia.

Maya Angelou has become the first African American woman to appear on a US quarter dollar. 

The late civil rights activist and poet is the first in a group of women who will appear on the quarter as part of an American Women Quarters program which aims to honour women and their achievements in shaping the nation’s history.

Queensland Fire and emergency Services have responded to a chemical leak in Ipswich over the weekend. 

Crews have remained on the scene since Saturday to mitigate damage.  

The leak was caused by 75 1000 litres containers of nitric acid, one of which had ruptured, spilling onto the others. 

The first cyclone of the season has hit parts of North Queensland. Tropical cyclone Tiffany has made landfall with Queensland as it heads to the east coast of the Northern Territory. 

The cyclone is expected to lose power as it travels west, however severity will increase as it moves over warmer waters. 

A bushfire is threatening parts of Western Australia’s Margaret River Region. 

The Department of Fire and Emergency services issued a warning yesterday morning to those still in the region, saying it was too late to leave, and they needed to act immediately to survive.

The Turkmenistan President is ordering what's known as the ‘gates of hell’ to be extinguished.

The gas crater which opened up in the early 70s in Darvaza has been burning for decades. 

It is believed a soviet drilling operation went awry in 1971, and the gas field was intentionally set alight in the 1980s to stop the spread of methane.